© June 2021| IJIRT | Volume 8 Issue 1 | ISSN: 2349-6002 IJIRT 151849 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY 989 Study on Effects of Plastic Waste in Paver blocks Aditya Surkar 1 , Arpit Bele 2 , Ashrut Satone 3 , Pritam Gupta 4 , Samiksha Astonkar 5 , Tanuja Nahate 6 , Milind Nikhar 7 1,2,3,4,5,6 Students, Bapurao Deshmukh Collage of Engineering, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India 7 Assi. Professor, Bapurao Deshmukh Collage of Engineering, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India Abstract - Most of the developing nations lack a proper solid waste management system owing to the difficulties faced during the sample collection and treatment phases. Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) contribute as a major source of such pollution due to the widespread use of its products which include water sachets, thin bags, wrapping paper etc. Improper disposal of this waste in the form of landfilling can not only cause environmental impact but also negatively harm the surrounding soil and water bodies. A relatively simple technology has been proposed in this paper that produces LDPE-bonded sand blocks and pavers. Developing countries (DCs) typically have inadequate solid waste management, with low waste collection rates, disposal primarily by dumping and limited outlets for reusing potentially recyclable materials. It was observed that LDPE-bonded sand is a strong, tough material with compressive strengths up to 17 MPa when produced under optimum processing conditions. The density and compressive strength were found to be increased as the particle size of the sand was decreased. The samples also exhibited far superior impact resistance as compared to traditional clay paver blocks. Index Terms - Plastic waste, low density polyethylene, polyethylene properties, plastic sand paving block, paving block; LDPE bonded sand. I.INTRODUCTION Generally, the level of plastics in waste composition is high. The largest component of the plastic waste is polyethylene, followed by polypropylene, polyethylene Terepthalate and polystyrene. Among different waste fractions, plastic waste deserves special attention on account non- biodegradable property which is creating a lot of problems in the environment. In India approximately 40 million tons of solid waste is produced annually. This is increasing at a rate of 1.5 to 2% every year. Plastics constitute 12.3% of total waste produced most of which is from discarded water bottles. The plastic waste cannot be disposed off by dumping or burning, as they produce uncontrolled fire or contaminate the soil and vegetation. Considerable researches and studies were carried out in some countries like USA and UK on this topic. However, there have been very limited studies in India on plastics in concrete. Hence an attempt on the utilization of waste Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) as partial replacement of coarse aggregate is done and its mechanical behaviour is investigated. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the possibility of using plastic waste materials to partially substitute for the fine aggregate composites. Following are some literature reviews on various national and international papers on Paver Block and improvement on the paver block characteristic by adding various waste material into paver block. Zainab Z. Ismail et al. (2007) [43] to determine the feasibility of reusing plastic sand as partial replacement of fine aggregate in concrete. R L Ramesh et al (2009) [44] used waste plastic of low-density polyethylene as replacement to coarse aggregate. Praveen Mathew et al. (2013) [45] investigated the suitability of recycled plastic as partial replacement to coarse aggregate in concrete mix. Raghatate Atul M. (2014) [37] Investigated the tensile strength of concrete by adding up to 0.8% of plastic bag pieces in the concrete mix. Youcef Ghernouti et al. (2017) [41] to determine the amount of Fine aggregate in the mix proportion of concrete to be replaced with plastic bag waste sand at 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%. II.OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY To determine the suitability of waste plastic bags in the development of pavement blocks for construction
Study on Effects of Plastic Waste in Paver blocks
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